Custer County, CO is a small rural county located in the south central part of Colorado. It is home to a diverse population of about 5,100 people who are spread across its 1,260 square miles. In terms of politics, Custer County is reliably Republican with most voters leaning toward conservative candidates. The local political scene is largely driven by the Custer County Republicans and their efforts to ensure that conservative candidates are well represented in local offices. Candidates for local offices from both parties engage in campaigns that focus on improving the lives of residents and advocating for policies that will benefit the county as a whole. Additionally, grassroots involvement is encouraged so that citizens can have their voices heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Custer County, CO is very conservative.
In Custer County, CO 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Custer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 30.6%.
Custer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Custer County, CO is very conservative.
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Colorado is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Custer, Colorado: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Custer County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 787 contributions totaling $30,627 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $9,674 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)